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Windows Forum / Windows XP / Setup and Deployment / December 2005Changing to a Raid 0 array
I have XP Home OEM installed on a single HDD, and am wanting to install a second HDD, and set up a Raid 0 array. Obviously I will have to reinstall XP Home. What do I need to do here to make sure everything comes out right? Do I have to go through the installation process, and reenter the activation key? Can I just make a copy of my hard drive, and try installing it? Setting up the actual array is the easy part, apparently. But dont forget raid 0 has no redundency, one HD fails you lose all! > I have XP Home OEM installed on a single HDD, and am wanting to install a > second HDD, and set up a Raid 0 array. Obviously I will have to reinstall XP > Home. What do I need to do here to make sure everything comes out right? Do > I have to go through the installation process, and reenter the activation > key? Can I just make a copy of my hard drive, and try installing it? > Setting up the actual array is the easy part, apparently. Asumming you have SATA hds both being identical,install new hd solo,boot to BIOS,install xp cd,select in BIOS for this,press F6 for drivers,after select recovery,in recovery forget the text that apears just type:DiskPart In DiskPart, create a partition,then press ESC key,then type:EXIT Power off computer.Install other SATA drive,repeat above but select,"install xp" at xp cd menu screen, delete partition,create one,then let xp format and install.Also,youre current hd must have same partitions as other,if not,solo it thru DiskPart. > I have XP Home OEM installed on a single HDD, and am wanting to install a > second HDD, and set up a Raid 0 array. Obviously I will have to reinstall XP > Home. What do I need to do here to make sure everything comes out right? Do > I have to go through the installation process, and reenter the activation > key? Can I just make a copy of my hard drive, and try installing it? > Setting up the actual array is the easy part, apparently. I know how to set up the Raid array, that wasn't my question, the question was about reinstalling XP Home OEL on it, when it is already currently installed in the drive. Since setting up the array will wipe out all information on the current drive, I will obviously have to reload it. My question was mainly about making sure I can do so. Oh, well, since I need to do it today, I probably won't get an answer in time, but it was worth a shot. I'm just going to reinstall everything like I had originally thought I would have to, and just hope that I can reactivate the OS. > Asumming you have SATA hds both being identical,install new hd solo,boot > to BIOS,install xp cd,select in BIOS for this,press F6 for drivers,after [quoted text clipped - 14 lines] > > key? Can I just make a copy of my hard drive, and try installing it? > > Setting up the actual array is the easy part, apparently. okay, I misunderstood, but I do want to say that I don't want to create any partitions. The idea is to creat 500 GBs of free space in a single drive using a Raid 0 array on two identical 250 GB SATA HDDs, thus no partitions. > I know how to set up the Raid array, that wasn't my question, the question > was about reinstalling XP Home OEL on it, when it is already currently [quoted text clipped - 23 lines] > > > key? Can I just make a copy of my hard drive, and try installing it? > > > Setting up the actual array is the easy part, apparently. If you can create the raid, you can reinstall win, assuming retail version and not an OEM version that may be locked to sys > okay, I misunderstood, but I do want to say that I don't want to create any > partitions. The idea is to creat 500 GBs of free space in a single drive [quoted text clipped - 27 lines] > > > > key? Can I just make a copy of my hard drive, and try installing it? > > > > Setting up the actual array is the easy part, apparently. I did say that it is an OEM version. > If you can create the raid, you can reinstall win, assuming retail version > and not an OEM version that may be locked to sys [quoted text clipped - 46 lines] > it? > > > > > Setting up the actual array is the easy part, apparently. Not all OEM versions are locked. Though even a locked version shouldnt be a problem provided mobo is origonal > I did say that it is an OEM version. > [quoted text clipped - 48 lines] > > it? > > > > > > Setting up the actual array is the easy part, apparently. It is all seperately ordered parts that I put together. None of it is from any proprietary computer. I constructed it a few months agao, and now I want to upgrade the hard drive to the 500 GB Raid 0 array. > Not all OEM versions are locked. > Though even a locked version shouldnt be a problem provided mobo is origonal [quoted text clipped - 65 lines] > > > it? > > > > > > > Setting up the actual array is the easy part, apparently. Then connect your hw and proceed with array config and o/s installation. You may have to use F6 option during o/s installation to install third party (raid driver). If you have to activate and online activation doesnt, use phone method an explain youre just reinstalling after a raid reconfig PS Not all raid controllers would require you to reinstall the o/s in order to create the raid, some can build the raid on the fly. You would have to read your raid documentation to know if yours supports this. > It is all seperately ordered parts that I put together. None of it is from > any proprietary computer. I constructed it a few months agao, and now I want [quoted text clipped - 69 lines] > > > > it? > > > > > > > > Setting up the actual array is the easy part, apparently. |
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